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The World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). It has been held since 1891. In March 1891, competing against champions from Brussels, Hamburg, England, Vienna, Italy, and Berlin in a three-day event, Edward Lawrence Levy of England won the first World Weightlifting Championship.[1] The event consisted mainly of repetition and alternate pressing, with 56 pounds (25 kg) or 84 pounds (38 kg) in each hand.[1][2][3]
Athletes compete in a total of 15 weight categories (8 for men and 7 for women):
All-time big (total) medal count below is until the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships.
The table shows those who have won at least 5 gold medals in total result.
Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, France, United Kingdom
United Kingdom, European Union, Italy, Canada, Spain
World War II, Russia, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian language, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
New York City, United States, American Civil War, Hawaii, Western United States
Berlin, London, Austria, Amsterdam, Rome
Dominican Republic, World Weightlifting Championships, Pan American Games, Colombia, Thailand
World Weightlifting Championships, South Korea, Hangul, Olympic Games, Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
Olympic Games, World Weightlifting Championships, 2004 Summer Olympics, Bulgaria, Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Weightlifting Championships, Romania, Australia, Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics
Turkey, World Weightlifting Championships, South Korea, Afyonkarahisar, European Weightlifting Championships